Darwin Blanch and Alex Martinez will clash against each other in the 1st round of the Pozoblanco Challenger for the 1st time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Tuesday at 6:00 pm on PISTA 2. In the following paragraphs, you can find the head to head analysis and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Darwin Blanch who should win in 3 sets.
As per the initial odds, Darwin Blanch is the pick to win this match.
Darwin Blanch -> 1.7
Alex Martinez -> 2.06
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Prediction and head to head Darwin Blanch vs. Alex Martinez
There is no head to head record between Darwin Blanch and Alex Martinez since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.
Darwin Blanch
29 - 11win/loss
355
355
LWLWLLWWWL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34-17 | 31-13 | 2-3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 24-19 | 16-10 | 8-9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 7-7 | 0-2 | 7-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 10-8 | 7-4 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 410 (career-high), the American reached the 1st round after defeating Carlos Diaz Ruiz 6-1 6-4 and Inaki Montes-De La Torre 6-4 6-4.
In the qualifications, Blanch had a good straight sets win against Montes-De La Torre (6-4 6-4). During the match, Blanch scored 71 points vs Montes-De La Torre’s 65. Blanch was very aggressive to blast 20 winners.
Talking about the service games, Blanch bagged 3 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Darwin Blanch lost the serve 4 times. Furthermore, Blanch put 59% of his first serves in, winning 61% (20/33) of the points behind his 1st serve and 39% (9/23) on the 2nd serve. Blanch broke Montes-De La Torre 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Darwin started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t conceded yet a set in this event to conquer 57% of the points he played.
Blanch has a solid win-loss record in the last 4 years having won 61% of his matches (69-45). 26-8 on hard in 2025. Regarding his performance on the same surface of this event, Blanch has a compiled49-24 match record in the last 4 years on hard.
The American’s best result of the current year was getting to the final in M15 Villena,M25 Martos and M25 Figueira da Foz.
Blanch has an overall 28-11 win-loss record in 2025, 26-8 on hard (See FULL STATS).
Previously in the Pozoblanco Challenger
Darwin has never competed in this tournament before.
Alex Martinez
28 - 16win/loss
557
429
LWLWWLWLLL | Year | Total | Hard | Clay | I.hard | Grass | Carpet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32-21 | 20-8 | 12-12 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2024 | 16-10 | 11-6 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2023 | 22-9 | 11-5 | 9-3 | 2-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2022 | 21-10 | 4-4 | 13-5 | 4-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| 2021 | 9-5 | 5-2 | 4-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 |
Ranked no. 437, Martinez got to the 1st round after beating Julio Cesar Porras 6-3 7-6(5) and Stuart Parker 7-6(5) 7-6(9).
In the qualifications, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Parker (7-65 7-69). During the match Martinez scored 94 points vs Parker’s 91. Alex was quite aggressive to blast 47 winners.
About the serving games, Martinez blasted 3 aces and he committed only 7 double faults. Alex Martinez lost the serve 4 times and he saved 7 break points. Furthermore, Martinez put 70% of his first serves in, winning 70% (47/67) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (13/29) on the 2nd serve. Alex broke Parker 4 times after converting 33% of his break points (4/12).
Overall Performance in this tournament
The Spaniard started his run at this tournament from the qualifications. In the main draw, he hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this competition to win 51% of the points he played.
Martinez’s best result of the season was reaching the final in M25 Tulsa.
Martinez has a composed 28-15 win-loss record in 2025, 20-6 on hard (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Blanch | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 4 |
| Tot Games | 37 | 48 |
| Pts | 129-98 | 175-169 |
| Total Points | 227 | 344 |
| Winners | 43 | 83 |
| %Winners | 33% | 47% |
Both Blanch and Martinez played 2 matches. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players have not lost a single set in this event so far. Talking about their workload, Blanch and Martinez have played the same amount of sets 4. However, Blanch played 11 games less than Martinez. Blanch scored 43 winners (33% of the total points). On the other side, The Spaniard struck 83 winners (47%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Blanch | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 10 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 5 | 2.5 |
| 1st in | 58/98 | 122/176 |
| %1st in | 59% | 69% |
| 1st pts | 43/58 | 83/122 |
| %1st pts | 74% | 68% |
| 2nd pts | 22/40 | 21/54 |
| %2nd pts | 55% | 39% |
Blanch recorded 10 aces (5 per match). Martinez managed to score 5 aces (2.5 per match). Blanch won 74% points behind his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 55% of the points. On the other side, Martinez won 68% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 39% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Blanch | Martinez |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 9 | 8 |
| Converted | 9/18 | 8/24 |
| % Converted | 50% | 33% |
| Conceded | 4 | 18 |
| Saved | 0 | 11 |
| % Saved | 0% | 61% |
| Times Broken | 4 | 7 |
Darwin broke his opponents 9 times with a 50% conversion rate. Blanch conceded his serve 4 times and he saved 0% of the break points that he conceded. Alex broke his opponents 8 times with a 33% conversion rate. The Spaniard conceded his serve 7 times and he saved 61% of the break points that he conceded.
| Blanch | ||||
| Q1 Diaz |
Q3 Montes-De La Torre |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-4 | 6-4 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 17 | 20 | 37 | |
| pts | 58-33 | 71-65 | 129-98 | |
| Total points | 91 | 136 | 227 | |
| Winners | 23 | 20 | 43 | |
| %Winners | 40% | 28% | 33% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 7 | 3 | 10 | |
| Double Faults | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 25/42 | 33/56 | 58/98 | |
| % 1st in | 60% | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 23/25 | 20/33 | 43/58 | |
| % 1st pts | 92% | 61% | 74% | |
| 2nd pts | 13/17 | 9/23 | 22/40 | |
| % 2nd pts | 76% | 39% | 55% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 3 | 6 | 9 | |
| Converted | 3/4 | 6/14 | 9/18 | |
| Converted % | 75% | 43% | 50% | |
| Conceded | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Saved | 0/0 | 0/4 | 0 | |
| Saved % | – | 0% | 0% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| Martinez | ||||
| Q1 Cesar |
Q3 Parker |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-3 7-65 | 7-65 7-69 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 22 | 26 | 48 | |
| pts | 81-78 | 94-91 | 175-169 | |
| Total points | 159 | 185 | 344 | |
| Winners | 36 | 47 | 83 | |
| %Winners | 44% | 50% | 47% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1st in | 55/80 | 67/96 | 122/176 | |
| % 1st in | 69% | 70% | 69% | |
| 1st pts | 36/55 | 47/67 | 83/122 | |
| % 1st pts | 65% | 70% | 68% | |
| 2nd pts | 8/25 | 13/29 | 21/54 | |
| % 2nd pts | 32% | 45% | 39% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 4 | 8 | |
| Converted | 4/12 | 4/12 | 8/24 | |
| Converted % | 33% | 33% | 33% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 11 | 18 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 7/11 | 11 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 64% | 61% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 4 | 7 | |
Head 2 Head
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